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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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